"MITAKUYE OYASIN"

(LAKOTA)

"TO ALL MY RELATIONS"

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THIS LAKOTA GREETING ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WITHIN EACH PERSON EXISTS THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE: ALL WHO HAVE EVER LIVED, WHO ARE LIVING NOW, AND ALL WHO ARE YET TO BE BORN, AS WELL AS ALL OF NATURE - OUR MOTHER EARTH, THE SUN, THE MOON, PLANETS AND ALL THE STARS - ALL OF THE SACRED UNIVERSE SINCE THE BEGINNING AND UNTIL THE END OF TIME.